Door-hanger



. 2 Sheetgs-Sheet 1. J. G. WAN-D8. DOOR HANGER.

(No Model.)

.No. 438,510. Patented 0m. 14, 1890 WITNESSES (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet2. J0. WANDS. DOOR HANGER No. 438,510. Patented Oct. 14, 1890.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CLARK IVANDS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DOOR-HANGER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,510, datedOctober 14, 1890.

Application filed May 5, 1890. Serial No. 350,642. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CLARK WANns, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Door Hangers; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side View. Fig. 2 isatop view. Fig.3 is across-section. Figs. L and 5 are perspective details. Fig. 6 is a brokensectional view of a modified form of my invention as applied for use,and Fig. 7 is also a sectional broken View of my invention in itspreferred form.

This invention relates to certain improvements in door-hangersespecially designed for car-doors; and it consists in the constructionand combination of parts, as will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a bracket orhanger, which is formed at its upper end with a skeleton-likeoverhanging portion a, carrying a sheave or pulley-wheel 1), running onrail 1), inclined for a portion of its length inward toward the rear endof the door-opening and secured to the car-body just above said opening,the forward end of said rail being curved inward. The overhangingportion a is arched and stands off from the bracket or hanger A, it onlybeing connected at its ends to the latter, thus providing an opening orslot a, through which the pulley-wheel or sheave 6 projects. The axle orshaft a of the wheel I) bears in a slot a in the hanger A and in acavity a in the lower edge of the portion 0, thereof.

The bracket or hanger A has projecting from its inner side, a shortdistance above the studs or projections 01, an upwardly-facing hook e,and a slight distance inward from and opposite the latter, said bracketor hanger has a guide-stud f, providing a space f, within which thelower projecting edge of the mill) is received to steady the hanger inposition.

B is a plate suitably bolted or secured to the door at its upper rearcorner edge, and having two openings 0, coinciding with open 'ings c inthe door and permitting the passage therethrough of studs or projectionsd upon the inner side of the bracket or hanger A near its lower end toprevent the swaying of the door through the unsteady bearing afforded bythe pulley-wheel or sheave.

Projecting from the inner side of the plate B and overhanging theentrance to the openings c are housings or bearings 0 entering theopenings 0' in the door and having their inner bearing-surfacesconforming to the rounded surfaces of the studs or projections d, forwhich they form bearings. This arrangement, while it primarily effectsthe suspension or hanging of the door in place, provides for the inwardmovement of the door at its edge by reason of the projections orbearings 0 upon which the door is adapted to slide toward the car oraway from it to enable it to stand flush thereat with the side of thecar.

At the upper forward edge of the door is secured a hanger O in onepiece, which, together with the sliding hanger connection at the rearedge of the door and the inward curving forward end of the rail 1;,permits the inward movement of the forward edge of the door and itsstanding thereat also flush with the side of the car.

In the modification as disclosed in Fig. 6, hereinbefore brieflyreferred to, the same principle is carried out in connection witha shoebracket or hanger A.

The hanger A is formed at its upper end with an overhanging hook aadapted to engage the upper edge of the rail 19 and slide thereon,but isotherwise substantially of the same construction as the hanger A.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a d0or-hanger, the combination of the bracket adapted forsuspension from .the

track-rail and the plate adapted to be secured to the door and having asliding connection with said bracket, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, With the bracket or hanger, and a pulley-wheel orsheave carried by said bracket or hanger and engaging the rail, saidhanger being provided with inward ly-projecting studs, of the door-platehaving openings through it coinciding with openings in the door andreceiving said studs,-permit- 1o ting said plate, with the door, toslide inward toward the car, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN CLARK WANDS. WVitnesses:

H. Ol-IARA,

O. '1. WESTLAKE.

